Pakistan, May 24 -- Thankfully, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Doctors' Council has announced an end to its strike. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan held a detailed meeting with the KPDC office bearers and promised to look into their demands. He also set up two committees. The weeklong strike had made it very inconvenient for the patients of whom many were forced to seek private consultants for treatment. The source of all trouble was the proposed formation of regional and district health authorities. The KPDC sees the move as a bid to privatise public hospitals. The doctors say this will result into costly treatment for patients. The doctors were also demanding the removal of the health minister for allegedly misbehaving with a senior doctor.
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